After losing support from activists and getting ruined by the Beecher scandal, Victoria Woodhull moved to England to reinvent herself. There she lived as a gentlewoman till her death in 1927. […]
Victoria Woodhull was popular with reformers who fought for women’s rights. However, she soon lost their support when they got to know of her past and her ideas about free love. […]
Victoria Woodhull decided to run for president during the 1872 election. Though she had no chance of winning, she claimed political power by running for office rather than working with suffragists to ask for it. […]
Victoria Woodhull was born in a poor family, and was forced to work from a young age. Thus, she, and her sister, Tennessee, learned to be resourceful. […]
Sacagawea became an American national symbol. She became a hero for women’s voting rights activists. Around the time Sacagawea became an icon of women’s rights activism, policies about the rights of Native Americans shifted. […]
In 1803, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark lead an expedition called the Corps of Discovery. Sacagawea played an important role in making it a success. […]
Sacagawea could quickly learn new languages and assimilate into a new culture, and these qualities helped her cultivate connections between the Hidatsa tribe, French-Canadian trade networks, and the recently founded United States. […]
Test yourself on the revolutionary females in our nation’s history—including Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony—with this fun quiz. […]
Sacagawea is an important part of American history, known for her role in the nation’s founding, westward expansion, and place of Native peoples in the United States. […]
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